Tag: Budgets and Deficits

"With our release of the budget, we will release an addendum laying out the administration's roadmap for how to account for the increased spending caps in a responsible manner," a White House official said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House to modify budget request after caps deal

Gabby Morrongiello · February 9, 2018 4:49 pm

The deal boosts spending for defense and nondefense programs by $300 billion over two years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: Bipartisan budget deal includes ‘much waste’ to get Democratic support

Melissa Quinn · February 9, 2018 3:18 pm

The Senate passed legislation shortly before 2 a.m. Friday, and the House followed up with a 5:30 a.m. vote to keep the government open. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs spending bill to end 8-hour shutdown

Pete Kasperowicz · February 9, 2018 1:45 pm

The Democrats who opposed the measure because it didn't include a fix for the 800,000 recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program now have little hope that legislation will be passed by the March 5 deadline imposed by Trump, if at all. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats see no leverage left to push DACA fix with budget deal done

Laura Barrón-López · February 9, 2018 1:31 pm

The Capitol Building is illuminated against the sunrise before the presidential inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

House holds 5:30 am vote to end brief shutdown, sends spending bill to Trump

Susan Ferrechio · February 9, 2018 10:35 am

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, unlike the federal government, only 22 states partially shut down without a budget agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress can and should end government shutdowns for good

Kurt Couchman · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, need political cover from President Trump, an immigration hawk beloved by the GOP base, if they're to risk crossing their most committed voters and supporting legislation that could provide amnesty to around 2 million people. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Paul Ryan, cornered on immigration, defers to Trump

David M. Drucker · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., launched a filibuster against a spending bill negotiated by his own party's leader on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Dear Republicans: Big budgets equal big government

Washington Examiner · February 9, 2018 2:35 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., staged a record-breaking speech in order to pressure Republicans into allowing a vote on protecting DACA recipients. But even as Democratic leaders like her plan to vote against the budget measure, she isn't actively pushing her fellow Democrats to vote against it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Democrats leave caucus meeting deeply divided on spending bill

laura-barronlopez, Al Weaver · February 9, 2018 2:17 am

A new two-year budget deal in the Senate aims to close the so-called "donut hole" coverage gap in the Medicare Part D drug benefit by shifting more of the program's costs to drug companies. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Senate budget deal benefits insurers at the expense of sick seniors

Sally Pipes · February 9, 2018 12:48 am

Congress is considering a budget deal that would implement $17 billion in retroactive, temporary tax breaks. Separate from the tax cuts President Trump signed in December, the Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress' tax experts, estimated Thursday that the cuts would cost just under $17 billion altogether. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Budget deal includes $17 billion of retroactive tax breaks

Joseph Lawler · February 9, 2018 12:04 am

Lawmakers on Thursday were prepared to pass a bill to both fund the government through March 23 and outline a spending cap deal that would enable spending accords for the next two years. But Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is demanding a vote to restore federal budget caps that the deal obliterates, causing a standoff that may potentially lead to another shutdown. (Senate TV via AP)

Rand Paul opposition to spending bill threatens brief shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · February 8, 2018 11:47 pm